Automatic temperature regulator



Aug. 8, 1933. F. A. GASTON ,92 ,667

AUTOMATIC TEMPERATURE REGULATOR Fil ed Nov. 8, 932

ATTORNEY Patented Aug-8,1933 Q g t l t v I a Y I 92 6 AUTOMATIC TEMPER TUitE REGULAToR .Ered A. Gaston, Micanopy, Fla., assignor to Atlas I Foundrycompany, Irving'ton, N. J.,; a Corpora- Application November 18, 1932 r S erialN o 643,157 I S CIaimsJ -XGI; 236- 16) I f. .This invention relatesrto"improvements in the maintaining-ofcover 6in a horiaontal automatic damper controlling devices for use on position as showndn Fig. 2, the upper portion of l household and other heating furnaces; t the cover 6 on its underside beyond its pivot's18 Heretofore, devices have .been provided for being weighted at 9. 1 The pivots Bare preferably 7 I automatically opening andclosing furnace damp-- made of brass or a similar material to,.eliminate o ers to maintain a uniform temperature in the the possibility of faulty operation due to;ru st and rooms being heated. .However, such devices have corrosion as frequently happenswith pivots and, I been objectionable in that their operation has not bearings made'of steel or cast iron., r Q been positive and the dampers donot properly. yThelowercover'I has a pivot mounting similar open or close, resulting in an undesired condition to "that for the upper cover, with thejexception 65f of the fire in the furnace and improperheating. thatgthe pivot is offset from thecenter'of gravity Also, such devices further are objectionable in of cover '7'so that the cover is normally urgedby 1 that they are noisy in operation, and generally. force of gravityto'a closed position. The cover, no provision is made to enable essentialmovable isp DV ded On its underside W h a Wei ht 9' t0 7 parts to be cleanedrof the ashes and dust ever u ge it to a t alanced position-". 70- I present in the vicinity of a furnace. I The inside of each. casing is provided with a It is, therefore, an object of this invention to Stop 10' t limit the p movement of the provide an automaticdamper controlling device covers. Theybottom '10 of each Ca i haS'a which is positive in operation, and'having a pair aperture .11 therein, and has attached thereto in of dampers interconnected so thatthe movement y d si d Or e ve e t ma ner a bOX 12 con} 75 of one damper is dependent upon the movement taining a solenoid 1 in Whiehis i e b D iof the other dampe tioned a core 14; andthe bottom of eachbox 12 A further object is the "provision of an t is provided with an aperture 15 through which the matic damper controlling device havingmeans solenoid and core may be cleaned from time 130 to prevent rattling of parts and noisy operation, time Without necessitating detaching the b 80.

A further object is the provision of an auto- Each corehas'attached to t a m l oi spri matic damper controlling device in which the 17, which is Connected to 1100K 6 attached dampers are normally maintained in predeter h e a mined positions by gravity and moved t other The two solenoids are electrically connected in H positions by electromagnetic means, said device Series with each other and with a thermostat 18' 85 being provided with means to enable essential which is Positioned in the room. in h h the movable parts to be cleaned from time to time Perature to be controlled. 7 v H t prevent faulty Qprati0n The lower cover (is connected above its pivot These and other advantageous objects, which w associated core 141 While h cover is 111 later appear, are accomplished by the simple nected belowits pivot to its associated. core 14, 90 and practical construction and arrangement of with theiresult that. when h are parts hereinafter described and exhibited in the energized d the o 14 therein, the upp accompanying drawing, forming part hereof, and cover 6 i b closed and the lower cove! moved in which: to an open position h 40 Fig 1 is a perspective View of a hv n In operation, when the temperature in the room 95, t

furnace having my automatic damper controlling 7131115 below a predetermined degree; the thermos device installed thereon, stat moves to a position to close the circuit Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing details of the, h o e l st move the lower cover 7 upper damper and control meafis asso iated a horizontal and close the upper th t and w cover 6. This condition of the'dampers increases 100 Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the lower damper the draft through the furnace to cause a more and assoeiated control means; vigorous burning of the fuelandresulting in more Referring to thedrawing, in'Fig. l is shown a heat; r I ,conventional household heating furnace having e t p atur 0f he room exceeds i an upper checkdraft damper 4 and a lower draft a predetermined degree, t os at mov s 1? damper 5. Each damper comprises preferably to open the circuit through the solenoids to allow an aluminum casing having triangular side walls t e ov rs 6 a 7 to move by g a y to their o 'so that the covers 6 and '7, are inclined when mal positions in which the upper damper is open closed. The upper cover 6 is pivotally mounted and the lower damper is closed. This condition so that the cover 6 is normally open, and insures of. the dampers checks the draft through the room From the above description it will be seen that I Y have provided a. simple and efifective damper regulating device for automatically controlling the temperature of rooms. The device is positive and noiseless in operation, having few parts so mounted that they will not get out of order.

'The device can be readily and conveniently installed on any furnace in a short time without material alteration of the furnace.

The foregoing disclosure is to be'regardecl as descriptive and illustrative only, and not as restrictive or limitative of the invention, of which obviously an embodiment may be constructed ineluding-many modifications without departing fromthe general scope'herein indicated and denoted'in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as. new and. desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: v

1. In an automatic damper controlling device, a'casing having a cover pivotally mounted off centerthereon, a boxmounted on the underside of the casing, 'anda solenoid mounted in the box, a core'slidably positioned in the solenoid, and'resilient means connecting the core to the cover.

2. In an automatic damper controlling device,

a casing having a cover pivotally mounted 01f center thereon, a box mounted on the underside of l able easy cleaning of the solenoid.

. 3. In an automatic damper controlling device,

a casing having a cover pivotally mounted off center thereon, a solenoid mounted on the casing, a core slidably mounted in thesolenoid, and spring means connecting the core to the cover, said-cover being maintained normally in a predetermined position by gravity. 4. In an automaticdamper controlling device,

a' casing having a cover pivotally mounted off center thereon, a box mountedon the underside of the casing, and a solenoid mounted in the box, a core slidably positioned in the solenoid, and

means connecting the core to the cover at all times.

5.'In an automatic damper controlling device, a casing'h'aving a cover pivotally'mounted off center thereon, a box mounted on the underside of the casing, and a solenoid mounted in the box, a core slidably'positioned in the solenoid, and means connecting the .core to the cover at all times, said box having an opening in its bottom to enable easy cleaning of the solenoid.

FRED A. GASTON. 

